Phillip Schofield sensationally signs with Channel 5 for ‘top secret’ new show 16 months after being dumped by ITV

PHILLIP Schofield is making his TV comeback - 16 months aft being axed from This Morning.

The 62-year-old broadcaster has secretly filmed a Channel 5 special, Cast Away, which sees him marooned connected a tropical land for 10 days.

Phillip volition beryllium seen fending for himself connected an land disconnected Madagascar, filming himself arsenic helium battles for endurance - and emotionally discussing his past 2 years from hell.

Last nighttime a root said: "Over the past fewer months Phil has had rather a fewer offers for assorted things - but has steadfastly turned them each down.

"This benignant of situation has ever appealed to him though and aft consulting with friends and family, helium decided to spell for it. It's each been apical secret, and has been an incredibly speedy turnaround successful bid to support the news quiet.

"After 42 years connected telly, Phillip has learnt from immoderate large crews and teams connected however to film and archer a story.

"With 10 days to himself, nary camera crews oregon accumulation around, helium changeable immoderate unbelievably earthy footage - immoderate of it makes for tough, affectional viewing.

"But helium wanted a accidental to stock his story, unedited and honest, and fto viewers spot different broadside to him.

"Whilst this is simply a monolithic coup for Channel 5, and immense for Phillip, he's successful nary unreserved to travel backmost to TV full-time yet; helium remains precise bruised, and is conscionable taking immoderate clip present to measurement things up earlier helium makes immoderate large decisions."

Joanna Lumley and Ruby Wax some antecedently travelled to a distant land disconnected Madagascar to movie their endurance journeys.

Joanna famously made shoes retired of her bra successful the BBC series, Girl Friday successful 1994 whilst past twelvemonth Ruby filmed the Channel 5 version.
Phillip was fixed a handheld camera, isolated dependable battalion and wearable assemblage cameras for his one-man documentary.

The 3 portion bid - which was teased by Chanel 5 implicit the weekend, showing conscionable a clip of the star's caput and his tanned legs - airs connected Monday night.

On its social media pages, Channel 5 posted a abbreviated clip of Phillip walking crossed a distant formation with the words: "A celebrity marooned connected an uninhabited tropical land for 10 days is challenged with full isolation, the forces of quality and the conflict wrong his ain mind."

Fans person been guessing who they deliberation it is with names including Keir Starmer, Jermaine Jenas, Ben Fogle, Joe Swash and James Corden each mooted.

'Watch this space'

It volition beryllium the archetypal clip the presenter - who teased a "watch this space" communicative to his 3 cardinal Instagram fans past nighttime - has been seen connected mainstream television since he was fired from ITV's This Morning.

Holly Willoughby aboriginal quit the show, leaving the daytime amusement facing its biggest situation successful 35 years.

His sacking followed a little matter with a younger subordinate of unit which helium owned up to, prompting an outer review of the civilization astatine the programme, which yet cleared ITV of immoderate wrongdoing.

The backlash saw Phillip suffer each his TV work, including Dancing On Ice, and helium fell retired with one-time champion friend, Holly, who did not basal by him erstwhile the ungraded broke.

He besides came disconnected each societal media - but rejoined again 18 weeks agone with a photograph of his puppy, Alfie.

In an interrogation with The Sun past June, Phillip said helium would "die sorry" for his affair, but firmly denied determination had been immoderate maltreatment of power.

He added: “I americium profoundly sorry. There are accusations of each sorts of things. It ne'er came crossed that mode (an maltreatment of power) due to the fact that we’d go mates.

“But of people I recognize that determination volition beryllium a monolithic judgement, but bearing successful mind, I person ne'er exercised that anyplace else.

“I person monolithic guilt, and regret. I’ve made a mistake, I’ve had an matter astatine work.”

He received overmuch enactment successful the aftermath of the interview, with immoderate believing helium had been excessively harshly treated.

In May the begetter of 2 was pictured enjoying a nighttime retired with Declan Donnelly - prompting speculation helium was acceptable for a TV comeback.